Change: five full-residency, English-language PhD programs in Foresight / Futures globally. See Global FS Programs. for details. These represent a primary foresight community that needs to be better connected and supported by the FERN network.B. Low-Residency English-Language Foresight/Futures PhD ProgramsForesight professionals who have a masters   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1568)

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Change: There are no known primary futurists at these universities, although they both have affiliations with futurists. Planetary Collegium is an art/new media oriented program where one may do secondary foresight work of various types. See our Primary/Secondary foresight rubric for more details.1. Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds, UK)2. University   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1480)

Change: The vast majority of these students have only a Master's not a PhD, and wouldSuch love to know about these programs. There is also the World Future Society, which has over 25,000 members. Our Global Futures Network already has over 1,000 members,   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1438)

Change: Below are a list of reasons why you might want to do a low-residency foresight PhD. The third reason under teaching, ability to start a foresight masters program, is a particularly powerful one for growing our global foresight community.Teaching Higher pay (vs. master's holders) as part-time or full-time instructors   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1454)

Change: At the same time, for many of those in this community who already have MS degrees, thereThere is also a great need for aann affordable, low-residency (defined(mostly here as mostly distance-based, with weeklongfour weeks or less residentials, notof summerannual residency)residential Futuresrequirements)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1471)

Change: Education, Sociology, Communications, or other)other Departments) PhD. This track can be done by working with adjunct/affiliate faculty and/or dissertation committee members that specifically have futures studies PhDs, publishing   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1231)

Change: toat datepresent discovered four universities where informal (no specific futures-track information yet on their websites) low-residency futures PhD programs may be done. These are:Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds, UK)Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia)University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)University of the Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast, Australia)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1200)

Change: of course a keyprimary futures studies community that needs to be connected and supported by our network.At the same time, for many of those in this community who already have MS degrees, there is a need for an affordable, low-residency (mostly distance-based) Futures Studies PhD option (three   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1203)

Change: South Africa)We'll post more on these and other programs here as we find out more about them (and you are encouraged to do the same).Such a program would be particularly desirable for:1. Academics who presently have MS's in futures studies   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1206)